The World Health Organization (WHO) defines public health as organized measures (both in public or private) to avert diseases. It upholds the significance of a healthy lifestyle and sustenance of long life among the population as a whole. Promoting public health requires focus upon the total system and is not limited to eradication of a particular disease. Addressing the demands of public health includes assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations; formulating public policies to cater to the local and national health problems, and ensuring population’s access to affordable health care (as cited in WHO, Continue reading...
